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The Department of Animal Health (DAH) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supplies (MAPA) of Brazil is increasing the health surveillance measures with the aim of avoiding the entry of the African swine fever (ASF) virus in the country.

Goals for Fiscal Years 2019-2023 is CVM’s blueprint for guiding its activities over the next five years to combat antimicrobial resistance and preserve the effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs.

A systematic review of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food chain by the Food Standards Agency (2016) concluded that there was a lack of data on AMR prevalence in British-produced food, leading to difficulty in monitoring trends or producing risk assessments for the exposure of consumers.

Overall antibiotic usage in pigs halved in just two years between 2015 and 2017.

MIAs for veterinary use will be sold by prescription only.

Serious gaps remain and require urgent action, according to a report released.

NOAH is launching its new Animal Medicines Best Practice (AMBP) Programme with farmer training to support the responsible use of antibiotics across UK farms.

The present report presents an overview and analysis of the responses received from non- EU countries to a questionnaire from the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety on national policies and measures taken in these non-EU countries to combat the development of AMR in the human and animal areas.

The use of antibiotics, expressed in daily doses, has dropped once more.

The growing threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be tackled through a “One Health” approach, MEPs said on Wednesday.

New rules on more responsible ways to produce, sell and use medicated feed to tackle the spread of antimicrobial resistance were informally agreed with Council’s negotiators on Tuesday.

Monitoring data from 2016 for a range of veterinary medicines, unauthorised substances and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food suggest high rates of compliance.

The agreement paves the way for a new system of rules that will improve the availability of these medicines, enhance competitiveness and innovation in the veterinary pharmaceutical sector and contribute to the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) agreed to step up joint action to combat health threats associated with interactions between humans, animals and the environment.

Antimicrobials are important to safeguard the health of humans and animals, but these medicines need to be used responsibly, including in the agricultural sectors, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said at a high-level UN coordination meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

At the occasion of the 86th General Session of the OIE, the 181 OIE Member Countries discussed several revisions of OIE international Standards and guidelines resulting in a stronger veterinary supervision of the use of antimicrobials in animals worldwide.